The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-02-26
RELIGIOUS.



aud the sanshfns foilews the raiu,
And yesterday zreer end seaserdAy's zngVTEl
-eaass Kiagls
8 good way ID make children tell
the irntii IL to teii Il y0nFsed.
There arc hundred kinds 81 relig-
ion, bat only ono kind Of pietT.
Observed duties maiatain oar credit,
bat secret duties Fnaintain our life.
Charcoal aud diamond are Che same
niateriai--earboz One absorbs che
] light, the other refieeas il. There arr
charcoal Christians ard diamond Chris
fiana.
/ have read tire Bible through many
times. Ii Is book Of al others for
lawyers, IS vel - diTines, and pity
the man who cannot find IN it a rich
supply Of thought and rnle for con-
5acsg--Daniei Webster
A BIZ for the Submission Of the
question Of prohibition 70 the voters
of MisseuTi has been before the Legis-
isture Of Missouri % last Monday
II came to test il the honse and
majority Of the members voted il its
fsyor.- Central Baptisf
Preparatory to the general election
Of 1884, there were held in the Earious
districts of New York ten hundred
and seveB primaries and political COZ
yentions Of all parties, and Of these no
less thaa ak hundred aud thirty-ihree
took place in liquor saloons.
A good text, a plain representation
Of missionary facts, an open Disclosure
Of the needs Of the cause, a firm appli-
cation Of responsibility 10 the con
science, an earnest prayer, soal-roBs-
ing, old-fssbloned Methodist hymn
sung by The congregation, and then
you are ready for the collection.
When the queen of Madagascar or
dered the whisky traffic 10 be stopped,
the saloon keepers and wholesale men
asked her 10 pay them for their losses.
/" VERY well, said sbe, 'fyOuspay me
for the injury Yon have done the meu,
xonen and children among my people,
and will settle all Your losses"
During 1896 the Northern Presby-
terian Church added 81 ,l77 members
10 its roll BY confession Of faith, and
tho missionary contributions were IN
creased nearly $25O,O0O over those Of
any former year. The Congregation
aiists added 27,l59 10 their com
mnbion.
There is a revival Of the Sunday
question almost everywhere The trade
unions and the working people are
beginning TO look at The subject and
are ontspoken 10 their opposition 10
Sunday work Even 10 Berlin the me
ehanics and trades people are demand
ing relief. The cause is growing in
strength.
That there should be Christ, and
that ] should be ChrisiIess; that there
should be a cleansing, and should re-
main foul; that there should be a
Fathers love, and ] should be an
alien; that there should be q heaven,
and ! should be cast into he'll, is grief
embittered, sorrow aggravated. 49,
| SpurgeoH.
This extract from a letter from
isyman every preacher should ponder
over and profit BY: 81 speak the
thought and feeling Of both the church
and The world, when tell you that
the simple gospel is what Is grateful to
men and women, wesried, yexed, per
picked with the temptations, cares and
iabors Of the world"
President ChaBe, of Hayerford Col
Iege, Pa, says: ~ charge upon the
protesting Church the responsibility
for all the blood, the groans, the pill
iage, the rapine, the cruel waste and
oppression which war infiets on 70
eiety, for one asora from her wouid
stop them all. ! make this charge
with Bo bitterness, aud in perfect
charity; bat ] make it in all serious
ness and soIemnity.'
That peerless Of Methodist papers,
the Csristian AdDocate, Nashville,
gives lis readers the benefit Of the fol-
lowing bit of information: Statistics
at the last Southern Baptist Conyen-
ton reported 10000 baptisms the
past gear at home aud abroad. Of the
$4,000 Baptist Associations, more than
10000 belong 10 the United States.
Baptists at home and abroad con-
tfibuied So, 600, 900, Of which amount
the Baptisls Of America contributed
over $1,000, 00o.--Baptist Chronicle.
Christ always sails in the ship of
prayer He steers safely He sees the
hidden rocks and secret shelves, and
keeps no star nor compass. lie fila
the sails Of the Cburch's ship with
prosperous gales, to bring her into
safety. lie turns caliBs into storms,
TO obey His Chareh's cry and raises
the waves Of the sea, 80 that saints aTe
glad because Of storm 10 bring TO a
calm haven. Oh, happy storms that
drive a saint 10 HeaVeni Oh, happy
Heaven that enjoys perpetual and
everlasting calm.-Lee.
Although the consumption Of beer
10 1885 was larger than ever before,
II has Increased daring the year just
closed no less than ] 1874 $50 barrels
Upon The present basis Of population
tffe t41eauR that tla .,payaap far aVpFS,